Re: Recent postings on John Griffith, Mary Griffith, et al. Seeking ancestry of JOHN and CATHARINE GRIFFITH of Shenandoah (present Page) County, VA, and connection with other Griffiths, most likely in Frederick County, VA, Maryland or Pennsylvania. My JOHN GRIFFITH first appeared on Shenandoah County, VA Personal Property Tax Lists in 1785. He and JOHN VALENTINE, his son-in-law, jointly purchased a tract of land on Hawksbill Creek in 1786. John Griffith later bought property on Dry Run where he died in 1820 and Catharine in 1824. These two tracts were located in what is present-day Page County, VA, southeast of Luray. Joe Baker